Collapsible combined baby crib and play pen



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ATTORNEYS Get. 11, 1955 O. B. MITCHELL COLLAPSIBLE COMBINED BABY CRIBAND PLAY PEN Filed NOV. 13, 1952 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR 02012 77/,BJlflZ'c he ZZ ATTORNEYs United States Patent COLLAPSIBLE COMBINED BABYCRIB AND PLAY PEN Owen Blair Mitchell, La Center, Ky.

Application November 13, 1952, Serial No. 320,257

1 Claim. (Cl. -2)

This invention relates to a collapsible combined baby crib and play pen.

An object of this invention is to provide a collapsible baby crib andplay pen which is designed particularly for use in trailers so as toprovide a simple and practical article which in its inoperative positionwill be disposed out of the way in a relatively small space.

Another object of this invention is to provide in a device of this kinda partially collapsible cabinet which forms the base for the crib andplay pen when extended, and forms the front wall for the device when itis collapsed.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a portable orstationary combined crib and play pen which can be produced at smallcost and which can be sturdily made so as to withstand relatively roughusage.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in thearrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in thedrawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In the drawings- Figure l is a plan view of a combined crib and play penconstructed according to an embodiment of this invention, showing thedevice in extended operative position,

Figure 2 is a detailed front elevation of the device in its extendedoperative position,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a detailed front elevation of the device in its collapsed orinoperative position,

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 4,

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 5,

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 77 of Figure4,

Figure 8 is a fragmentary inner elevation of the upper front portion ofthe crib and play pen,

Figure 9 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the guide for the loweror rear portion of the bed or crib,

Figure 10 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the guide track forthe lower portion of the front movable panel,

Figure 11 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 1111 ofFigure 3,

Figure 12 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 1212 ofFigure 11,

Figure 13 is a fragmentary front elevation showing the detachablesecuring means for the mattress,

Figure 14 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 1414 ofFigure 6,

Figure 15 is a fragmentary side elevation of one of the panel lockingmeans,

Figure 16 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 16-16 ofFigure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 20 designates generally a cabinetor housing which is formed of an inner vertical wall 21, a bottom wall22, and a top wall 23. The cabinet 20 also includes opposite end walls24 and a two part front Wall generally indicated at 25, which is formedof a lower panel 26 and an upper panel 27. The two panels 26 and 27 arehinged together by hinge members 28 and lower panel 26 is hinged as at29 to the stationary bottom wall 22 of cabinet 20.

The inner side of upper panel 27 is provided with gliders or casters 30which are adapted to engagea plane surface when panel 27 is collapsed orswung beneath panel 26, as shown in Figure 3, and the crib and play penare extended. Panel 27 forms, with panel 26, the extended base of thecabinet 20.

A play pen generally indicated at 31 is hingedly secured as at 32 to theend walls 24 of cabinet 20, and play pen 31 is formed of hingedlyconnected together end members 33 and 34 which are hinged as at 35, andare adapted to be locked in aligned extended position by means of alocking bar 36 engaging a bolt or headed fastening member 37. The endmembers 33 and 34 are each formed of an upper bar 38, a lower bar 39,and dowels 40 which are connected between the upper and lower bars 38and 39.

The play pen is also formed of a two part front wall generally indicatedat 41, and front wall 41 is formed of a collapsible upper wall 42 and astationary bottom wall 43. The wall 42 is formed of an upper horizontalbar 44, a lower horizontal bar 45, and spaced dowels 46 secured betweenthe bars 44 and 45. Lower wall 43 is formed of an upper bar 47, a lowerbar 48, and connecting dowels 49. Lower wall 43 has fixed to the bars 47and 48 upstanding corner posts 50, and each corner post 50 is providedwith a lower vertically disposed guide channel 51 which terminates atits upper end in a horizontal channel 52, and a depending lockingchannel 53. Each corner post 50 is also formed with an upper verticallydisposed channel 54 which at its upper end communicates with an upwardlyand inwardly inclined channel 55, and channel 55, as shown in Figure 8,communicates with an upper vertical channel 56 which is parallel withchannel 54 and inwardly offset therefrom.

Locking channel 53 is disposed in vertical alignment with upper channel56 and lower bar 45 has extending from the opposite ends thereof slidepins 57 which engage in channels 51, 52, and 53. Upper bar 44 isprovided at each end thereof with slide pins 58 which engage in channels54, 55, and 56.

When upper wall 42 is in its extended elevated position, lower bar 45will be disposed in overlying and contacting position with respect toupper bar 47 of lower wall 43. The two bars 45 and 47 may be lockedtogether by means of a hook or locking member 59 engaging a headed screwor keeper 60 which is carried by the upper bar 47 of lower wall 43.

A crib floor panel 61 is hingedly secured as at 62 to an inner bottomwall 63 disposed in upwardly offset relation with respect to bottom wall22, and floor panel 61 when in collapsed or inoperative position isadapted to be locked between the end walls 24 by means of springpressedlocking means 64, as shown in Figure 14. Bottom member 61 is adaptedwhen the crib and play pen are extended to be swung downwardly to ahorizontal position with the outer or forward edges thereof resting on ashoulder or ledge 65 which is formed at the inner side of bottom bar orrail 48, as shown in Figure 5.

A bed supporting panel 66 is movably disposed between the end walls 24and the latter are formed at their inner sides with an upwardly andoutwardly inclined guide channel 67 within which slide pins 68 carriedby the opposite ends of panel 66 are adapted to slidably engage. Theguide channel 67 is formed at its upper outer end 3 with: a keeperrecess 69 within which the pin 68 is adapted to engage so that themattress or bed supporting panel 66 will be held against collapsingunder the weight of a child resting on the mattress 70 which is securedby snap fasteners 71'or the like to the'panel 66.

Upper rail or bar 47 is formed at its inner side with a ledge orshoulder 72 upon which the forward edge of the panel 66 is adapted torest for supporting panel 66 and mattress 70 in a horizontally extendedor operative position. Panel 66 is held in a vertical inoperativeposition within the cabinet 20 by spring-pressed locking means 73 whichare identical with the locking means 64-, shown in Figure 14.-

A drawer 74' is slidably mounted on angle members 75 which are securedto the end walls 24 at a point above the top of the crib and play penstructure and provides a means whereby articles may be placed in theupper portion of the cabinet for use with the play pen and crib. Itwill, of course, be understood that there may be as many drawers 74 asmay be desired.

In the use and operation of this structure the cabinet 20 where used ina trailer, is adapted to have the rear wall 21 secured to a wall orother support in the trailer. When the device is not in use the crib andplay pen is collapsed after the manner shown in Figure 5. If it isdesired to use the play pen, panels 27 and 26 are swung, downwardly withpanel 27 disposed beneath panel 26 in the horizontal position of thelatter, as shown in Figure 3. The play pen may then be pulled outwardlyso as to rest on horizontal panel 26, and bottom panel 61 may then beswung downwardly to engage the shoulder or ledge 65 of rail 48.

When the device is used as a play pen, movable wall 42 is raisedupwardly to be disposed in alignment with bottom wall 43, as shown inFigures 2 and 3. If the device is to be used as a crib, the mattresssupporting member 66 is pulled outwardly to a horizontal position with:supporting studs or pins 68 engaging in the keeper notches 69, and theouter edge of panel 66 resting on supporting shoulder or ledge 72. Ifdesired, the upper front wall member 42 may be dropped downwardly infront of lower. wall 43 by lifting upper wall 42 upwardly a shortdistance to move the lower pins 57 out of locking chan-- nel 53 and thenmoving the wall 42 outwardly through channel 52. into channel 51. Upperwall 42 may then be dropped downwardly in front of lower wall.43.

This device will provide a very compact combined crib and: play penwhich may be disposed in a house or may be disposed in a stationaryposition inv a trailer. The device may'be sturdily made and willwithstand relatively rough usage and can be produced at a relativelysmall cost.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of constructionherein disclosed, but claim all variations falling within the purview ofthe appended claim.

What I claim is:

A combined cabinet, crib and play pen comprising a cabinet formed of arear wall, opposite end walls each having an inclined guide channeltherein, said channels being in opposed aligned parallel relation, a topwall, a bottom wall, and a front wall formed of upper and lower hingedtogether panels, means hingedly securing said lower panel to said bottomwall, said upper panel being swingable beneath said lower panel when thelatter is swung downwardly to a horizontal extended position, a pair ofopposite end pen Walls hinged to said cabinet end walls, each end penwall being formed of a pair of hingedly connected together members, afront pen wall formed of av lower member, vertical posts carried by saidlower member, means hingedly securing the forward member of each of saidend pen Walls to each of said posts, each. of said posts having upperand lower guide channels on the inner sides thereof, said front penwallvalso including an upper wall, upper and lower pins carried by said upperwall slidably engaging in said channels in the posts, the lower channelof each post terminating in a horizontal inwardly extending channel andeach horizontal channel terminating at its inner end in a depend inglocking channel, an inner bottom carried by said cabinet, a pen bottomhinged to said inner bottom, means carried by said cabinet releasablyholding said pen bottom. in vertical. collapsed position, an inner frontpanel. carried in said cabinet, connectionsbetween the edgesof saidinner front panel and said channels in opposite end walls, a mattresscarried by said inner front panel, means including said last mentionedchannels and said con-- nections for moving said inner front panel andmattress to horizontal position exteriorly of said cabinet, and meanssecuring said inner front panel and said mattress in horizontalposition.

References Cited in the file ofthis patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 69,457Mapes Oct. 1, 1867 1,429,052 Ward Sept. 12, 1922 1,788,960 Shaw Jan. 13,1931 2,555,776 Alschuler June 5, 1

FOREIGN PATENTS 134,751 Great. Britain Apr. 4, 1919

